to install (from here):
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
to install (from here):
brew install exa
then add this to ~/.bash_profile
alias l='exa -lha --git'
now just use l
to list contents of a folder.
download xip from apple, then copy to vm and runn installation
instructions here
download from here and install